AGM history

2010

The Centenary Tennis Clubs Association signs a contract with a financial firm.

The Committee of management of CTC meets in Lausanne, may 17, 2010.

2009

The Members of the CTC Association held their Annual General Meeting at the Olympic Museum of Laussane, on November 21, 2009. The financial statements for the year 2008 were approved, the budget for year 2009 was presented and approved and a full report of the 2009 Tennis CTC Competitions both for senior and juniors was presented. Three new Clubs were accepted as new members of the Association: Tennis Club Genova (Italy), Royal Oak Tennis Club (Hudson- Canada) and Columbia Country Club (Chevi Chase – Maryland - USA). All three of them have a lot of interest in becoming active members of the same. The necessary modifications of the Articles of the Association were approved in order to create a CTC consultant group. After the meeting all the assistants enjoyed their lunch at the restaurant of the Olympic Museum as a courtesy of the Olympic Institution.

2008

On the 22nd of November 2008, the Annual General Meeting of the Centenary Tennis Clubs, with the presence of numerous representatives of the associated clubs of the CTC, was held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.

In compliance with what is stipulated in the Articles of the Association, new members of the Committee of Management were elected. The Committee of Management is as a result currently constituted with the following persons:

Following the meeting, a dinner was held in the Museum Restaurant. We should like to express our sincere appreciation to the Olympic Museum for the facilities provided for the organization of this annual meeting

2007

The 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Centenary Tennis Club was held this past 17 November at the Olympic Museum of Lausanne.
The CTC has its headquarters established at the Olympic Museum due to the express wishes of the then President of the International Olympic Committee Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch and is the place where Assemblies and other relevant functions are held.
It should be mentioned that the admission of four notably important clubs was approved at this recent Assembly: The Queen’s Club (London, UK), California Tennis Club (San Francisco, USA), Tennis Club Napoli (Naples, Italy) and the Winchester Tennis & Squash Club (Winchester, UK), institutions which will undoubtedly help in the expansion and recognition of the CTC. The organization of competitions in 2008 was another of the subjects which was commented upon, with the hopes of increasing the number of participating clubs.
After the work session a luncheon was held in the Restaurant of the Olympic Museum, which the members present in the Assembly attended.
From these lines we should like to express our sincere thanks to the personnel of the Olympic Museum for their collaboration and for the facilities provided for the staging of the program for the Assembly.

2006

Coinciding with the 10th Anniversary of its foundation, the CTC held its 2006 Annual General Meeting on the 18th of November 2006 at the Olympic Museum of Lausanne, headquarters of the Association.

Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch, the driving force behind the CTC in 1996 and Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee, was present at the Meeting. During the Meeting, Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch was named Honorary Life President of the CTC, and he was presented with a commemorative plaque. The Olympic Museum also received a plaque, having hosted the meetings of the CTC for the past 10 years. The Tennis Club Parioli (Rome, Italy), the Sopot Tennis Club (Sopot, Poland) and the Real Sociedad de Tenis de La Magdalena (Santander, Spain) were admitted as members.

2005

The AGM was held on 19 November 2005 in the Olympic Museum of Lausanne where, among other points on the agenda, the admission of ten new clubs was approved: Club de Tenis Valencia (Valencia, España), Circolo de Tennis Bologna (Bologna, Italia), Royal King’s park Tennis Club (Perth, Australia), Berkeley Tennis Club (Berkeley, California, USA), Toronto Lawn Tennis Club (Toronto, Canada), Nordstrand Tennisklubb (Oslo, Norway), Carrickmines Lawn Tennis Club (Dublin, Ireland), Real Club de Tenis San Sebastian (San Sebastian, España), The Edgbaston Priory Club (Birmingham, UK) y Le Touquet Tennis Club (Le Toquet, France).
The election of the new Committee of Management was also carried out, with the following composition:

2004

The AGM which was held on the 20th of November 2004 in the Olympic Museum of Lausaunne approved the admission of the Tennis-Club1899 e.V. Blau Weiss of Berlin (Germany) and of the Sokolniki Tennis Club "Spartak" of Moscow (Russia).

The creation of the Geographical Areas Clubs Competition, which will begin in 2005, was also approved. This is a competition in which all member clubs of the CTC can participate. The modification of the Statutes of the Association was studied, and these are due for approval in the next Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).

2003

At the AGM held on the 8th of November 2003, the admission of the following clubs was approved: Eden Epsom Tennis & Squash Club (Auckland, New Zeland), Yokohama International Tennis Community (Yokohama, Japan), Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennis Club e.V. (Düsseldorf, Germany), Circolo del Tennis Firenze (Firenze, Italy) and Abo Lawn-Tennis Klubb (Turku, Finland). With these 5 new clubs, there are now 32 members in the CTC. It was also agreed that a project for competition would be studied, from the year 2005 on, for all member clubs, and that these would be grouped by geographic zone. The appointment of Mr. Pere Sánchez (Club Tennis de La Salut, Barcelona, Spain) as a new member of the Committee of Management was also approved. The make-up of the Committee of Management is as follows:

Mr. Juan M. Tintoré - RCTB-1899 – President

Mr. Yves Bourquin - T.C. de Genève – Treasurer

Mr. Wolfgang Hofer - L.T.T.C. Rot Weiss Berlin

Mr. Xavier de La Courtie- Racing Club de France

Mr. Maurice Ulens - Royal Leopold Club

Mr. Theodore Sperry - International Tennis Hall of Fame

Mr. Philippe Seghers - T.C. de Paris

Mr. Donald F. Macleod - Cumberland L.T.C.

Mr. Lars Myhrman - Kungliga L.T.K.

Mr. Pere Sánchez - Club Tennis de La Salut

2002

In the Annual General Meeting held in the Olympic Museum of Lausanne on 16th of November 2002, the following, among other items, were agreed upon:

The make-up of the Management Committee for the years 2003 & 2004:

Mr. Juan M. Tintoré – RCTB-1899 – President

Mr. Yves Bourquin – T.C.Geneve – Treasurer

Mr. Wolfgang Hoffer – LTTC Rot Weiss Berlin

Mr. Xavier de La Courtie – Racing Club de France

Mr. Maurice Ulens – Royal Leopold Club Bruxells

Mrs. Regine Tourres – International Tennis Hall of Fame

Mr. Philippe Seghers – T.C. de Paris

Mr. Donald F. Macleod – Cumberland L.T.C.

Mr. Lars Myhrman – Kungliga L.T.K.

Admission of 5 new members:

Real Club de Polo / Barcelona / Spain

Club Tennis de La Salut / Barcelona / Spain

Wiener Park Club / Wien / Austria

Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club / Dublin / Rep. of Ireland

Mount Royal Tennis Club / Quebec / Canada

Study the organization of competitions between member clubs, which would be grouped by geographic areas.

2001

In November of 2001 the CTC, in collaboration with the RCTB-1899, organized the "Ist Forum of Tennis School Coaches" in the installations of the Spanish club. The two days of presentations were attended by more than twenty persons, many of them from the different clubs of the CTC. The seven papers that were presented were highly relevant and gave rise to lively discussion, which served to bring to light the concern of the clubs in respect to their Tennis Schools, insofar as all aspects of training and formation are concerned, as well as social, sportive, competition, etc.